Slave Revolts

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…accomplished a different feat by keeping whites on the defensive. Yet at the same time, these revolts demonstrated the weakness of the Black position. Frightened whites were often worse masters than complacent whites, and slaves had no rights according to the law. Slave revolts were the only means by which slaves could make a statement about the condition of their lives, but those revolts had the effect of often making those living conditions even worse.